A/N: Hi Hi everyone! Again, sorry for the delay but finals week is finals week. :) Well anyways, here is a chapter dedicated to SasuSaku!! Pure Fluffiness!!! YAY! I had so many ways that I was thinking about doing this chapter, and I like how it came out! Tell me what you think! Thanks again! R&R and all that good stuff!

Chapter 10: Rememberance

Sakura plopped herself on the ground, tired of going a whole night without rest. Apparently they were farther away from Konoha than she assumed. She took a deep breath as she let herself lay down on the forest floor, breathing in all the smells of grass, dirt, wood. She slowly closed her eyes. It was peaceful to be here. Sasuke jumped down from the tree that he stood on to see how far they were away from Konoha. Another half day and they would reach it; his days with Sakura would be done, and he would continue with what he wants: revenge. He stood as still as a statue, keeping his distance for fear that his impulses would take over again.

'It was a simple mistake, a sign of weakness.' He assured himself. That kiss meant next to nothing, and that was that. Sakura meant nothing. All that mattered was his revenge, or so he told himself.

Sakura opened her eyes and stared at Sasuke, unsure why he was keeping his distance like that. In the last couple of days that she was with him, he was always so close, what was wrong now? She sat up and remembered the quick, yet fiery kiss that he gave her, or did he mean to? She decided that she would investigate it later and rose up to go into the forest to find the sound of water that was invading her eardrums.

"Where are you going?" Sasuke curiously asked.

"I hear water. I'm gonna go find it, and take a drink. Anything else you wanna know?" Sakura sarcastically remarked.

"Hn…"

Sakura was starting to get annoyed with his one syllable responses, but shrugged him off, as if nothing was annoying her. As she continued trudging toward the water, she looked back to where she left Sasuke, only to see that he was no where in sight. She thought nothing of it, thinking that he left to ponder in his own thoughts, with everything that's been happening; maybe time apart wasn't such a bad idea.

Finally, she came to an opening that revealed a beautiful lake, the water crystal blue just like the sky above it. She approached it and placed her hands in it, the cold tingling her fingers, but making her giggle at her forwardness. She cupped the water in her hands as she slowly brought it to her mouth to take a sip, savoring every last drop. She exhaled with such delight, and began to get more, only this time to splash it all in her face, cooling her down while she was under the hot sun. This gave her an idea, to fully go into the water to relax. Sure it was no hot spring, but this would be better than nothing. She looked around to make sure no one was looking. Once she saw that there was no one around, she took off her skirt and top, but left on her armor and underpants, just in case. She slowly tested the waters with her foot, the water was so icy cold, but it felt unbelievably refreshing. She decided to just go for it and quickly ran back and sprinted into the water, diving in as a thousand needles pinched her skin. She felt just like a little kid, swimming away from everything that was going on and just enjoying where she was now. She reached the top, gasping for air as she pushed her hair back. It was then that she realized there was another person, a much older person, staring at her.

"Who the hell are you!?" She yelled.

"Hehe… no one special I assure you. And who might you be?" The man asked.

"As if I would tell! Get out of here you old pervert!!" She screamed.

"Hoho, as if I would leave this opportunity!" He began to undress himself, almost naked, that is until Sasuke appeared.

"She said get lost old man." He warned "Unless you desire pain more than pleasure."

"Get out of my way boy, if you know what's good for you!" The old man grabbed Sasuke to push him aside, but he didn't move. He tried again, but to no avail. Sasuke simply brought up his other arm and shoved him out of his presence. He smiled to himself, realizing that his strength was getting progressively heightened. His senses were still a little slow though, as Sakura rammed a fist into his unaware pretty face. He fell backwards, spitting out blood from a busted lip.

"Just because you pushed that old geezer out of here doesn't give you permission to stay her ogling at me with a stupid grin on your face! Get out of here Sasuke!" Sakura yelled, embarrassed that he was staring at her the way he was.

"Hn… as if there is anything to look at." Sasuke said flirtingly. Wait, he was flirting with her?

Sakura was beyond angry by this time. All Sasuke did was stare at her. For one, she was dripping wet with almost nothing on except her armor and leggings, which showed of a flat stomach, curvaceous hips, and everything else that a goddess was gifted with. She was growing redder by every inch she got closer to him, not in anger but in embarrassment. He just wouldn't stop staring at her. No man, not even Naruto stared at her as he did. But then again no one was like Sasuke. He was in a league all of his own in Sakura's book.

As soon as she was within reaching distance, she grabbed him by his collar and with a devilish grin, threw him into the water. She wanted to punch him again, but this seemed like a funnier way to go. And it was. She squealed as she quickly jumped back in, trying to get a laugh out of him. This was her chance to help him see that there was more to life than revenge. Now that they were alone, again, she wanted to replay those moments that she had been daydreaming about since they were alone in the forest, hidden behind trees and branches. She splashed in his direction, only to see that he was no longer there. She turned around and saw that he was out of the water taking off his clothes and putting them to dry, an annoyed expression plastered on his face. Guess that wasn't the best way to get to him.

"Stop playing stupid games and get out, before some other pervert gets here." He scolded her. Sakura did as she was told, apparently hitting a sour note in him. She walked up to him to try to fix the busted lip she gave him, but he distanced himself farther away from her.

"Oh come on!" Sakura said, "Look, I'm sorry okay? I didn't mean to hit you like that. It's just I was angry with the fact that some pervert was there and then all you were doing was staring also! You're as bad as him!" She further explained her actions.

"Hn…"

Sakura got closer to him again, only to be swatted away again. This time he looked angry.

"Look I don't need healing; it's just a cut okay? Quit babying me." He told her.

"I'm not babying you! You baby yourself!" She yelled back. "Always wanting what you can't have! And then when you have it and don't know what to do with it! You let it all go to waste! Quit acting so spoiled!"

"This is going nowhere." He said. "You're still as annoying as ever." He began walking away from her, but Sakura was far from done. She ran up behind him and turned him around so he would face her. She was too close again. Her hair dripping wet, all in front of her face. She was too beautiful.

"Tell that… to my face…" She challenged him.

He inched closer, making the gap between them almost nonexistent. She was a magnet drawing him closer. He pressed his lips gently on her forehead, making her freeze more than when she touched the water.

"You're…" He kissed her cheek, "…really…" he kissed her other cheek, "annoying." He kissed her lips, making Sakura wake up from the reality she was in and dive into the dreams she always swam in. She was in eternal bliss, it was like she always imagined. She slowly pressed harder onto him, tasting the blood from his lip. She didn't care; she wanted to know how everything that was him tasted like. She wanted to know his every touch, his every smell, his very being she wanted to know. She deepened the kiss as she gave him entrance to her mouth, scattering her fingers inside his messy wet hair, as he picked her up with his. She wrapped her legs around his waist, breaking their kiss for air. Sasuke's eyes were lidded with so many emotions Sakura never noticed before. He had to be feeling what she was, this bottled up love that was entrancing them in this moment. She slowly aimed to kiss his lips again, except his lips began kissing her jaw line, going down toward her neck. She wished she could see Ino's face when she realized that she won Sasuke's affection. That's when Sakura opened her eyes from the moment of desire that was in her throat as she remembered why she was in that forest to begin with.

"Sasuke-kun…" she breathed. He stopped what he was doing and stared back at her, waiting to see what his girl wanted. "We have to… keep going." She silently whispered to him. He realized that what she meant was that they had to continue going to Konoha, and save this moment for another time, another day. He slowly put her down and turned around to place on his robe, as Sakura herself went to fetch her clothes. The sky was already losing its blue tint, being overcome by the afternoon glaze. "If we hurry, we can make it before sundown."

"We'll make it by midnight now." He calmly stated.

"Oh… then let's get going I guess." She reached his side, but he didn't turn away this time. She stared up at him as he looked down at her. She reached up to kiss him on the cheek apologetically, which he silently accepted; closing his eyes in ecstasy as she touched him again with her warm lips. This time as they were leaving they were no more than a few feet from each other. He made sure of that.